Combined parting-bead and weather-strip



W. W. COLE.

COMBINED PARTING HEAD AND WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, I918.

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Specification of LettersiPatent.

Patented .oet, 1111,1921.

Application as July 24,. 191e. Serial nepeiasso.

To all whom may concern: i

.Bc it k own that I, WARREN W. Conn,

citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Portland, county of Cumberland,State of Maine, have invented an. Improvement in Combined PartingBeads and Weather- Strips, of which the following description,

in .connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts 1n each of j the several views.

This invention relates to an improved con struction of parting bead for wlndows, that is adapted to serve also as a weather strip to cooperate with the upper and lower sashes of a window and presents a resilient edge pressing against the entlre lengthof the sides of the sash preventing rattling or.vi-

bration of the sash in the window frame. To this [end I provide a parting bead equipped with a resilient projection for tongue, and preferably rabbeted to receive "a cushion or packing strip which isapplied to, and held by such resilient tongue so that the pressing edge of such cushion strip which engages the sash has a degree of res siliency combining the resilient effect of bothsuch cushion and the resilienttongue or backing. by which the cushion is carried. The foregoing and other objects and advan tages of the invention will more fully appear from the following detailed description, and the distinctive features of novelty will be pointed outin the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings: V Figure 1 is a view showing a portion of a window frame with mating portions of the upper and lower sashes in transverse section, and showing portions of my improved parting bead in'elevation;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing a portion of the parting bead;

Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of a modifi- V cation.

F indicates a portion of, a window frame withupper and lower sashes S, S respectively fitted thereto. The parting head, 2'. a,

the narrow rail which constitutes the inner guide for the upper sash and the outer guide for the lower sash is indicated at 10 set into a recess 11 therefor in the side of the window frame as is usual, with a portion, usu

metal form in Fig. 5. F 1g. 4, the intermediate resilient tongue is the back of the bead. tongue is secured, by suitable adhesive or ally about half, of such bead or rail projecting outward to serve as the sash guide. In accordance with my invention this rail or bead is slitted or cut out throughout the length-thereof and from its outer projection inward through a large part of the width thereof, to form an intermediate resilient tongue. The present parting bead may be made either of wood or metal, the wood con-v struction being indicated. in Fig.4 a'ndthe Thus in the form 01 indicated at 12, the parting bead, for this purpose, having spaced apart slits 13, 14 produced therein adjacent its sides and extending from the front edge well toward To this resilient.

other fastening means a cushion or resilient strip 15 which may be of felt, rubber or othersimilar material. The side 16 of the bead is cut awayto receive this cushion strip, which may thus be of some little thickness, extendingacross the slit 13 and the thickness of the side-portion 16 and preferably projecting a little beyond the side face of the head as seen at 17. This strip is preferably of a width substantially corresponding to the projecting portion of the bead so that its inner edge will lie approximately flush with the surface of the frame into which the bead is-fitted. In use the present parting bead or rail does not extend integrally from the top to the bottom of the window, but is divided between the upper and lower sashes as seen at 18, the upper and lower portions being arranged in reverse relation with respect to each other, i. 6., as shown in Fig. 1, the

A while as seen at 15 the lower bead portion has its cushion strip facing outward to cooperate with the lower sash. Thus a cushion" strip with-a resilient backing afforded by the tonguelQ is presented to engage and press against the edges of the sash at each side of the window, the slight projection of the felt or like material" beyond the edge of the bead as seen at 17, causing the cushionstrip to be pressed firmly yet yieldingly against the edge of the sash along the entire extent thereof.

In Fig. 5 I show a form of the invention wherein the parting bead 10 is produced strip which projects slightly therebeyond simllarly as in the first described form. The inventionis thus capable of embodiment in different specific forms without departing from the; spirit or essential attributes there-- of, the prime essential in a broader aspect being provision for applying a cushion strip of suitable material to the side of a parting beador rail and with a backing or mounting permitting a substantial degree of resiliency to the surface of such cushion strip which presses against the edge of the window sash. I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention. v

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A parting bead, composed of a one- I piece wooden rail with a solid and non-resilient inner portion adapted to be set into a recess in a window frame and a resllient tongue projecting outward from said solid having a cushion strip fixed at one side thereof and extendin the length of the bea d to constitute a weat er strip, said resilient tongue serving as a sash retaining means, and said inner solid )ortion having another projection outward tierefrom at the opposite side of said tongue from said cushioning strip to serve as a guard and protector for said tongue.

2. A arting bead, composed of a onepiece rail with a rigid inner portion adapted to be set into a recess in a window frame and a resilient tongue projecting outward from said rigid portion with a cushion strip fixed at one side thereof and extending throughout the length of the head to constitute a weather strip, said resilient tongue adapted to serve also as a sash retaining member.

3. A parting bead, composed of a rail having an inner solid portion symmetrical as to the two sides thereof, so that it may be set either end up in a recess in a window frame with a resilient tongue projecting from a transversely intermediate portion of the rail outward, said tongue having a cushion strip fixed thereto and extending throughout the length of the head to constitute a weather strip, said resilient tongue adapted to serve as av sash retaining member for cooperation with either upper or lower window sashes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WARREN W. COLE. 

